Description
Welcome to LUSS, Lancaster University's caving club!
The society has existed since 1967 and was once the most prestigious in the UK with many caving credits to its name. Until the 1980s, LUSS was very active in original explorations in the Yorkshire Dales, the eastern Picos of Spain (where they explored Sima 56 to a depth of 1169 m), Venezuela, and other locations. It also did some valuable scientific work. Its alumni include Colin Boothroyd, Dave Checkley, John Gardner, and Mel Gascoyne, and in its earlier years it was mentored by Dick Glover.
During its active period it produced four very fine journals which are now difficult to get hold of. It is worth noting that good quality images of the Yorkshire surveys published by LUSS, including those published with the journals, are available on the Cavemapper website.
We are on the lookout for more experienced and inexperienced members!
In addition to caving, we run socials throughout the year ranging from bouldering to ice skating in the winter.
If you are interested in joining us, please come along to our beginner sessions! If these suit you, we will be running abseiling and SRT practice sessions at regular intervals throughout the year.
Find us on Facebook: Lancaster University Speleological Society
Find us on Instagram: @luss_caving
Email us: speleological.su@groups.lancaster.ac.uk
Terms and conditions
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By joining this group basic information such as name, email and date of birth will be made available to the organisers of the group. Next of Kin details may also be provided if part of the registration. Anonymised demographic information of the group’s membership will be used to improve activity but will not identify any individual.
